Shaun Deeb is having an electric start to life at WSOP Europe in Prague and is in second place in the 2026 WSOP Player of the Year standings after cashing all three of the first three events.
While he would have certainly taken that before heading out to Prague, he has been absolutely brutalized in heads-up play this past week. After taking second in the 181-entry €3,300 Pot Limit Mixed Omaha event, flopping a flush and losing to quads, he lost heads-up once again.
Deeb finished second in the €565 COLOSSUS, winning €110,000 ($126,781) after navigating a massive 2,662-entry field. Incredibly, he missed out on his ninth bracelet after, once again, losing to quads. Gilles Silbernagel took home €165,000 and his first bracelet.
For Silbernagel, it was the second-largest cash of his career, after winning the €550 buy-in Italian Poker Open in 2018 for €200,000. His career live tournament earnings now sit over $750,000.
Heads-up action
Deeb started heads-up play of the WSOP Europe COLOSSUS with a two-to-one chip lead but was unable to take care of business as Silbernagel kept on smashing flops.
Eventually, Silbernagel took the chip lead before the massive cooler took place.
With the board reading [, Silbernagel was all in, and Deeb used every last one of his time banks. He uttered, “I’m just going to f***ing lose another bracelet to quads, aren’t I?” before making the call with for a full house.
As soon as Deeb called, Silbernagel started celebrating with his friends for a few seconds before eventually turning over for quad sixes and his maiden WSOP bracelet.
Obviously, Deeb was less than impressed at how the tournament ended. He got out of the room in a hurry and shot off this tweet before jumping into the WSOP Europe Main Event.
WSOP Europe €565 COLOSSUS final table results
Deeb wasn’t the only big name that reached the final table. Jerry Odeen, known as “Perrymejsen” on PokerStars, finished seventh for €23,500.
While Odeen will surely be disappointed, he’s run hotter than the sun over the last month, winning an incredible five SCOOP titles, which would have tied the former record. “king153246” set a new record by winning seven SCOOPs in 2026.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Silbernagel | France | €165,000 |
| 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | €110,000 |
| 3 | Przemyslaw Cebrat | Poland | €80,500 |
| 4 | Hrvoje Mitrovic | Croatia | €66,000 |
| 5 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | €44,500 |
| 6 | Davis Mihelsons | Latvia | €32,000 |
| 7 | Jerry Odeen | Sweden | €23,500 |
| 8 | Christoph Graze | Germany | €18,000 |
| 9 | Markus Schottes | Germany | €12,915 |
WSOP Player of the Year standings
The new WSOP Player of the Year system encompasses all three WSOP venues (WSOP Europe, WSOP Las Vegas, WSOP Paradise) and now includes a $1,000,000 prize pool to be divided amongst the top 100 finishers.
The top-three players will receive a $100,000 WSOP Paradise package. The rest of the players in the top 15 will be awarded a $30,000 WSOP Super Main Event package for WSOP Paradise.
The players ranked 16th to 50th will each win a $5,000 WSOP Paradise package for the Circuit Championship. They will also be put into a random draw for one $30,000 Super Main Event package. The final 50 players will be awarded a $2,500 ticket to the Circuit Championship, with six players receiving an upgrade to a $5,000 Circuit Championship package via random draw.
Canada’s Corel Thuma, who won the €1,100 The Opener Mystery Bounty and finished 17th in the €3,300 Pot Limit Mixed Omaha event, is the early clubhouse leader with 994.88 points. Shaun Deeb, with three cashes, is in second place with 899.58 points. Two-time bracelet winner Fahredin Mustafov, who took down the €2,200 Turbo Bounty event, rounds out the top three.
